George poppert



(No Model.)

G. POPPERT.

BLIND Ron FOR SLIDING BLINDS.

Patented Apr. 1x0,l 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OErIcE.

GEORGE POPPER'I, OF MILWAUKEE, IVISGONSIN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,930, dated April 10, 1888.

Application filed October 12, 1886. Serial No. 215,980. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE POPPERT, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blind- Rods for Sliding Blinds, Src.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to rods for operating blind-slats, and has for its objects to provide such a device that will lie close to the slats when the latter are in a closed position, and at the same time not project beyond the stiles and rails, this construction being particularly applicable to sliding blinds.

My invention therefore consists of a suitable strip having loops stamped out therefrom at intervals to the staples that are driven into the adjacent edges ofthe slats, as will be hereinafter more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents an elevation of a blind having my invention applied thereto, the slats being open; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical section showingthe slats closed; Fig. 4, an enlarged detail View showing the connection of the slats and rod, and Fig. 5 a similar view of the rod detached.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A rep` resents a window-blind provided with a series of slats, B, that are pivotally hung in the stiles a after the usual manner. Secured to the slats B by means of staples b, that are driven in the adjacent edges thereof, is my rod G,that preferably consists of a flat metallic strip. This rod C is stamped out at intervals by means of a suitable die to form apertures c for the passage of the Slat-staples b, and loops d at right angles to the apertures for engagement with the outer ends of said staples when the latter are driven into the slats. This construction permits sufficient play to insure an easy operation when openiug or closing the slats and prevents their staples from projecting outside the rod. If found desirable, the apertures c may be omitted.

WVhen the slats B are fully open, the rod C stands out beyond the stiles a. and rails a of the blind, as shown by Fig. 2; but when these slats are closed this rod cornes closeup thereto and inside said parts a a out of the way,in the manner illustrated by Fig. 3, while at the same time the lower end of the rod will rest on the lower rail, and thus securely lock the slats in their closed position.

By the employment of a slat-rod such as I have described I am enabled to provide sliding blinds with pivoted slats,and thereby improve their construction Without interfering with their operation, and, although I have mentioned the rod more particularly with re lation to sliding blinds, it is obvious that the same may be employed on such blinds as are not sliding to take the place of the ordinary Wooden rod in common use, the latter being objectionable on account of its thickness, and from the fact that it at all times projects out beyond the stiles and rails.

Continuous strips may be stamped out in conformity to the above description and cut in lengths to suit various blinds, thus present ing a new article of manufacture. y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim 'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A blind-Slat rod consisting of a metallic strip stamped out at suitable intervals to present loops for engagement with thc Slat-staples, as set forth.

2. A blind-Slat rod provided at intervals with apertures for the passage of Slat-staples, and having loops stamped out therefrom at Aright angles to the apertures for engagement with said staples, as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a continuous metallic strip stamped out at suitable intervals to present apertures, and loops at right angles to said apertures, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The'combinatiou of a blind having pivoted slats with an operating-rod consisting of a dat metallic strip stamped ont at intervalsA to present apertures and loops, and suitable staples arranged to unite said slats and rod, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in`

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE POPPERT. fVitnesses:

H. G. UNDEEWoon, E. G. AsMUs. 

